On 14 Nov 1997, Carey Evans wrote: Hang on here.
If I do "whois 3dillusion.com", I get (among other things) Domain servers in listed order: NS.3DILLUSION.COM 198.109.162.43 METS.TCI.EAST-LANSING.MI.US 198.109.160.2 SERV1.CL.MSU.EDU 35.8.2.41 However ... brahe:/etc $ dig 3dillusion.com soa ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> 3dillusion.com soa ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6 ;; flags: qr rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 1, Auth: 4, Addit: 4 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; 3dillusion.com, type = SOA, class = IN ;; ANSWERS: 3dillusion.com. 85937 SOA serv1.tcimet.net. hostmaster.serv1.tcimet.net. ( 878825332 ; serial 10800 ; refresh (3 hours) 1800 ; retry (30 mins) 604800 ; expire (7 days) 86400 ) ; minimum (1 day) ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS: 3dillusion.com. 163654 NS METS.TCI.EAST-LANSING.MI.US. 3dillusion.com. 163654 NS SERV1.CL.MSU.EDU. 3dillusion.com. 81593 NS mets.tcimet.net. 3dillusion.com. 81624 NS serv1.tcimet.net. ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS: METS.TCI.EAST-LANSING.MI.US. 85885 A 198.109.160.2 SERV1.CL.MSU.EDU. 172285 A 35.8.2.41 mets.tcimet.net. 86080 A 198.109.160.2 serv1.tcimet.net. 86080 A 198.109.160.3 ;; Total query time: 10 msec ;; FROM: brahe.midco.net to SERVER: default -- 208.146.80.1 ;; WHEN: Fri Nov 14 09:33:12 1997 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 32 rcvd: 263 Notice the absence of "ns.3dillusion.com! nslookup in interactive mode gives the same ... brahe:/etc $ nslookup Default Server: ns1.midco.net Address: 208.146.80.1 > set q=soa > 3dillusion.com Server: ns1.midco.net Address: 208.146.80.1 Non-authoritative answer: 3dillusion.com origin = serv1.tcimet.net mail addr = hostmaster.serv1.tcimet.net serial = 878825332 refresh = 10800 (3 hours) retry = 1800 (30 mins) expire = 604800 (7 days) minimum ttl = 86400 (1 day) Authoritative answers can be found from: 3dillusion.com nameserver = METS.TCI.EAST-LANSING.MI.US 3dillusion.com nameserver = SERV1.CL.MSU.EDU 3dillusion.com nameserver = mets.tcimet.net 3dillusion.com nameserver = serv1.tcimet.net METS.TCI.EAST-LANSING.MI.US internet address = 198.109.160.2 SERV1.CL.MSU.EDU internet address = 35.8.2.41 mets.tcimet.net internet address = 198.109.160.2 serv1.tcimet.net internet address = 198.109.160.3 So, in my earlier post when I say you're set up all right, I was incorrect ... the DNS at your site is wrong. What I find interesting is that it seems to be sane at the other two servers ... : Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : > Before installing BIND, the default mail domain was '3dillusion.com'.. now : > it is '3dillusion.3dillusion.com' ... I want to change it back, how can I : > do this? : : If this is the named I get on 3dillusion.com, it's still not set up : right: : : % dig @3dillusion.com 3dillusion.com any : : ; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @3dillusion.com 3dillusion.com any : ; (1 server found) : ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch : ;; got answer: : ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10 : ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 : ;; QUERY SECTION: : ;; 3dillusion.com, type = ANY, class = IN : : ;; ANSWER SECTION: : 3dillusion.com. 1W IN MX 100 3dillusion.3dillusion.com. : 3dillusion.com. 1W IN MX 100 mail.3dillusion.com. : 3dillusion.com. 1W IN A 198.109.162.43 : 3dillusion.com. 1W IN SOA ns.3dillusion.com.3dillusion.com. hostmaster.3dillusion.com.3dillusion.com. ( : 97110801 ; serial : 1W ; refresh : 1D ; retry : 4W ; expiry : 1W ) ; minimum : : : ;; Total query time: 1084 msec : ;; FROM: psyche to SERVER: 3dillusion.com 198.109.162.43 : ;; WHEN: Fri Nov 14 19:14:04 1997 : ;; MSG SIZE sent: 32 rcvd: 161 : : You probably left out the dots after the server and email addresses in : the SOA record, at least. I also don't believe mail.3dillusion.com : should be the LHS of a CNAME, when it's the RHS of an MX. I believe Carey has nailed your problem here. : : Is your named authoritative for the 3dillusion.com domain? It seems : to me I should have recieved an authority record with the above : answer. I had a few hassles getting a private BIND answering : authoritatively, and getting errors in syslog each time it started. Again, as I showed you above, this is true. Your local named is NOT authoritative, cos it's set up incorrectly. : : It also seems a little confused about the PTR record: : : % dig @3dillusion.com -x 198.109.162.43 : : ; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @3dillusion.com -x : ; (1 server found) : ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch : ;; got answer: : ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10 : ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 : ;; QUERY SECTION: : ;; 43.162.109.198.in-addr.arpa, type = ANY, class = IN : : ;; ANSWER SECTION: : 43.162.109.198.in-addr.arpa. 5h14m52s IN PTR imagine.tcimet.net. : 43.162.109.198.in-addr.arpa. 5h14m52s IN PTR 3dillusion.com. : : ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: : 162.109.198.in-addr.arpa. 1d21h34m46s IN NS mets.tcimet.net. : 162.109.198.in-addr.arpa. 1d21h34m46s IN NS serv1.cl.msu.edu. : : ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: : mets.tcimet.net. 15h41m12s IN A 198.109.160.2 : serv1.cl.msu.edu. 1d13h46m55s IN A 35.8.2.41 : : ;; Total query time: 730 msec : ;; FROM: psyche to SERVER: 3dillusion.com 198.109.162.43 : ;; WHEN: Fri Nov 14 19:23:30 1997 : ;; MSG SIZE sent: 45 rcvd: 210 : : -- : Carey Evans <*> http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ gc : : Neniu anticipas la hispanan Inkvizicion. : : : -- : TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] . : Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . : : -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Voice: (605) 334-4454 Fax: (605) 335-1173 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key available at keyservers PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . 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